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TASTE

af Nicolas Nossa

Floods

af Tung Wai Kiong Derek (Mr) N/A

Human Nature

af Matthias Behrends

Refugees

af ALDANA GUADALUPE CORDOBA RUIZ

I am researching the position of Lesotho will take and the role they will play in the U.N. Sochum’s effort of elimination of racism topic 1

Conclusion

Some of the refugees stayed in Lesotho and married residents there. p.3

Many of the refugees have stayed in Lesotho for at least ten years. p.4

Suggested resolutions

We can strive to get equal constitutional rights in Lesotho and everywhere else by equal opportunities in society.

Country's current position

The Minister of Home Affairs made a request for the people to keep their future to themselves and to resolve any conflict calmly. p.3

Me Anna said "The white people are good to us, helping us all the time, teaching our children, sending us clothes. That's why we always ask: Why don't the basotho treat their own people better." P. 5

A woman named Me Anna said that Mosotho people treat them like slaves and sometimes they don't even pay them. p.5

Currently Lesotho has no assistance programme. p.4

The workers could also be fired right at that moment if the didn't answer the question correctly. p.3

The Basotho workers have to take a lie-detector test more than the white workers. p.3

A woman working at the mines said "We work 14 days and then go home for a week. I don't want to be away from my family, but I must have a job." p.3

Coloreds and Asians have income that falls in the middle. p.7

Most blacks have the lowest income, whereas most whites have the highest. p.7

Blacks have low employment (38%). p.7

Blacks have high unemployment (41%). p.7

When studying different social indicators (2011), we see that the black majority is poorer, lower education levels, lives in poorer housing, and has fewer household goods. p.7

Since 1994, the black majority holds political power, but economic power is still held by whites. p.5

People who are miners work for a long time then only go home for a short amount of time. p.3

Most of the refugees are nurses, teachers, or doctors. p.3

In Lesotho, it holds at least sixty refugees. p.3

Background Information

On his way there, he talked to asylum seekers. They told him Lesotho was a good place to go. p.3

A guy named Congolese Mvibudulu Menakuntima spent two months going the Lesotho. p.3

Two local men at the end of the bar were talking saying "They don't appreciate anything. This country would fall apart without us." p.2

The UN Refugee Agency was taken out in Lesotho in the 1990's. p.4

"In 1991, a blanket amnesty was granted to all exiles and refugees." p.3

In the 1970's and the 1980's, Maseru became a safe place for political competitor. p.2

The houses will be used for the government to be for office blocks. p.2

UNHCR gave the government 48 brick houses that were used by refugees until the early 1990's. p.2

In Maseru, Lesotho, the UN refugee agency group also known as UNHCR gave the government buildings that were once used for apartheid refugees. p.2

Black maids would take care of the white children more than their actual family. p.2

In the 1960's, colored people would have to cook, clean, wash, and take care of the needs from white families. p.2

The smaller colored and Indian groups also faced discrimination, but they had slightly higher social standing then blacks. p.5

The large black majority were denied any rights and were segregated to the Shanty towns of major cities. p.5

In South Africa, the white minority was the ruling class-politically, economically, and socially. p.5

South Africa has had a multi-racial democracy since 1994, but the major cities remain largely racially segregated. p.2

Introduction

Refugees are not a problem in Lesotho p.1

Race and ethnicity were explosive ideas after 1948, when apartheid was established. p.1

In apartheid South Africa, there were four official racial categories: black, colored, white, and Asian-Indian. p.1

In South Africa, there are any different races, culture identities, languages, and ethnic bonds. p.1

Lesotho is one of the poorest countries. p.1

Lesotho is a small mountain kingdom in South Africa. p.1